Kiev, July 21 (HS). Russia and Ukraine on Sunday fired drones, missiles and shells at each other amid the ongoing war. Russian state media reported that at least two people were killed in Ukrainian attacks in Russia's partially occupied Donetsk region. At the same time, Ukrainian officials said that at least five people were injured in Russian attacks.
Russia said it had taken control of two villages along the front line in the east, one in the Kharkiv region and the other in the Luhansk region.
Ukrainian shelling of Russian-occupied areas of the Donetsk region killed two people in the village of Horlivka, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Three people were injured in Russian drone strikes in the partially occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine, local authorities said on Sunday morning. In the country's northeast, authorities in the Kharkiv region reported two people were injured in a village hit by Russian shells.
According to Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk, Ukraine's air defense intercepted 35 of the 39 drones launched by Russia on Sunday night. He said that in addition, Russia launched three ballistic missiles and two guided air missiles, which did not reach their targets.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its troops had taken control of two villages: Pyshchane Nizhne in the Kharkiv region and Andrivka in the Luhansk region. Russia's Defense Ministry said Russian air defense systems shot down eight drones overnight over the country's Belgorod region and the Black Sea. Russian-appointed Kherson Governor Vladimir Saldo said Russian air defenses shot down two long-range ballistic ATACMS missiles heading towards Russian-occupied Crimea over the Kherson region.